Step 5: An update

Step 6: Finished!!!!!!!

I finally bought a bulb starter and here is the results!!

if your as big of a old school video game freak you might have an old arcade marquee. this will show you how to do something besides have it setting around dust!!! also found this on the web any one who has time check this out and find my love for this game :

Step 1: Gather the stuff

my "wooden box" was made from nothing but junk and scrap wood. I used a florescent bulb holder, scrap mdf and an old marquee oh yeah and if desired spray paint!!

Step 2: Cutting the wood

as you can see from the picture I used scraps of wood. but I cut the side pieces, then with a table saw cut in notches were the marquee will slide in and out of. the 2nd picture is the pieces with the new notches. the 3rd is showing how when complete will hold the marquee. now time to cut the top and bottom pieces as shown in the 4th picture! if you can see I used a staple gun to attach everything because my father didn't put it away and anything to relate with a gun seems cool to me and its a lot faster.

Step 3: Putting it together

now cut the back to fit and put it together. this project is a pretty straight forward project thats why I didn't go in to detail. but as seen in the picture, this is it with everything except the top the next picture shows ho the top is put on this is so I can open the top to replace the bulb with less fuss. after this step go prime the casing if needed yo can first coat th mdf with a mixture of %80 elmers glue and %20 water this will give a nice finish due to the mdf being so porous. after that insert the electrics and *DONE* just buy a bulb ( which is what I need to still do hence why the tutorial isn't done)

Great idea, especially for marquee's from rare games which can be gotten for next to nothing off Ebay! You may want to try rigging it up with LEDs instead, in the long run might save you some $ on electricity.

Great way to salvage old arcade marquee. Your Project came out great, and it looks like it can be easily adapted to building a arcade cabinet. My only criticism is the use of hot glue to fasten the light holder to the wood, since the light makes some heat. I would of used a 2 part epoxy like JB weld instead.